Life Cycle Analysis for Car conventional vs light weight

by: Mirjam Visser, 2010-08-02 11:06:28 UTC

car

Scenario: Conventional
Last Updated: 2010-09-20 07:27:15 UTC
Conventional car life time 257500 km in 10 years. Used 5 times a week

Materials used in the product

Item	Cost per unit	Unit	Quantity	Total Cost
Steel	0.487	kg	935.5	455.589
GG35	0.166	kg	167.73	27.8432
GX5CrNi19 10	2.865	kg	0.0	0.0
Aluminium trade mix (65% prim 35% sec)	2.712	kg	103.92	281.831
Magnesium trade mix (57% prim 43% sec)	7.859	kg	0.27	2.12193
CuZn30	2.323	kg	28.97	67.2973
Flat glass, coated, at plant/RER S	0.182	kg	43.3	7.8806
PP	1.026	kg	84.32	86.5123
PE	1.055	kg	84.32	88.9576
Carbon fibre	2.93	kg	0.0	0.0
Glass fibre	0.11	kg	0.0	0.0
NBR	0.945	kg	36.59	34.5775
Platinum	47252.9	kg	0.01	472.529
Total Cost				1525.13943
Weight Adjustment		[kg]	0.0
Total Weight		[kg]	1484.93

Processing Steps

Item	Cost per unit	Unit	Quantity	Total Cost
Total Cost				0.0

Transport

Item	Cost per unit	Unit	Quantity	Total Cost / [1000 kg]
Truck+Trailer net 24 ton average load 50%	0.035	tkm	1000.0	35.0
Total Cost				51.97255

Usage Patterns over the lifetime of the object

Lifetime [years]	10.0
Usage per day [times/day]	1
Usage per time [hours/time]	0
Usage per week [days/week]	5
Electrical Wattage [kWatt]	0

Consumables per use of the product

Item	Cost per unit	Unit	Quantity	Total Cost / [time]
Petrol including combustion	1.03027	l	5.0	5.15136
Total Cost				13393.536

Disposal, Recycling and Waste Treatment

Item	Cost per unit	Unit	Quantity	Total Cost
Disposal, glass, 0% water, to municipal incineration/CH S	0.0073	kg	43.3	0.31609
Aluminium, recycling benefit	-3.603	kg	104.0	-374.712
Magnesium, recycling benefit	-13.108	kg	0.27	-3.53916
Steel, recycling benefit	-0.288	kg	1102.88	-317.629
Disposal, steel in car shredder residue, 0% water, to municipal incineration/CH S	0.0607	kg	1102.88	66.9448
Disposal, aluminium in car shredder residue, 0% water, to municipal incineration/CH S	0.0171	kg	104.0	1.7784
PP , recycling benefit	-0.626	kg	84.32	-52.7843
PE , recycling benefit	-0.677	kg	84.32	-57.0846
Butyl rubber combustion in electrical power plant	-0.092	kg	36.0	-3.312
Total Cost				-740.02177
Total Weight			1484.93 kg

Phase	Total Eco Costs [Euro]	Carbon Footprint [kg CO2 equiv.]	Bees Total [mPt]	Bees Ecotoxicity [mPt]	Bees Water Intake [mPt]
Materials	1525.1	3148.7	3.4796E+05	22.195	3.0855E-06
Processing	0	0	0	0	0
Transport	51.973	135.13	1484.9	0.2726	1.0335E-07
Consumption	13394	40068	3.3947E+05	56.714	4.732E-05
Disposal	-740.02	-2305	2561.1	2.0471	1.5124E-07
Total	14231	41046	6.9148E+05	81.229	5.066E-05

Scenario: Light weight car
Last Updated: 2010-09-20 07:27:40 UTC
Petrol car life made out of lightweight materials time 257500 km in 10 years. Used 5 times a week